Criminal Defense of Immigrants

The available legislative history reveals that the term “moral turpitude” first appeared in the federal immigration laws in 1891, but has never been legislatively defined.[2] 

[2] See S.Rep. No. 1515, 81st Cong., 2d Sess. 350 (1950); C. Gordon, S. Mailman & S. Yale-Loehr, Immigration Law and Procedure § 71.05[1][a], 71-121 (Supp. 1993).